Police search a van in Florida that is believed to be connected to Cesar Sayoc. Federal autorities arrested Sayoc Friday, October 26, 2018 in connection to the mailed explosive devices (pipe bombs) sent to political leaders and outspoken Trump critics in October 2018. (Handout)

He’s a true believer … in Trump.

Cesar Sayoc, the suspected mad bomber and registered Republican who sent possible explosive devices to Democratic leaders, repeatedly attended campaign rallies for Donald Trump and embraced a range of virulent right-wing fringe causes. He once threatened to blow up a Florida utility company and make it “worse than Sept. 11.”

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The Brooklyn-born suspect appears to identify as a Native American of the Seminole tribe. He’s been arrested at least eight times, including for steroid possession and throwing or placing an explosive device, records show. When he filed for bankruptcy in 2012, he had been living with his mother, court papers show.

The 56-year-old Florida man, who also used the surnames Altieri, Milan and Randazzo, took to social media like a fish to water, posting repeatedly on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. He drove a white-panel van festooned with pro-Trump and slogans like, “CNN sucks.”

“He’s always shown a diminished capacity in dealing with society, a difficulty conforming or carrying on substantial tasks without supervision. This is very surprising,” said Ronald Lowy, a criminal lawyer who has represented Sayoc.

On Facebook, Sayoc claims to be a booking agent with Seminole Hard Rock Live who studied pre-veterinary medicine at Brevard College in Florida, and business at UNC Charlotte.

In a statement, Seminole Gaming denied he had ties to the tribe. “We can find no evidence that (he) is or was a member or employee of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, or is or was an employee of Seminole Gaming or Hard Rock International,” the group said. “At this time, we cannot verify if he is or was an employee of a vendor company.”

President Trump praised law enforcement for their swift work in finding a suspect behind the string of mail bombs sent to promenant Democrats and CNN.

He declared bankruptcy in 2012, while he lived in Aventura, Fla. He claimed just $4,175 in assets and debts of more than $21,000. He said his annual income was about $42,000 a year.

Richard Simonson, the Ft. Lauderdale lawyer who handled his bankruptcy, told the Daily News that Sayoc came to him in 2011 with no money or assets. He was living in a hotel at the time.

“Like a lot of people at the time, he was unemployed because of the downturn in the economy,” Simonson said. “He didn’t have any money. It was a straight bankruptcy. The guy didn’t have any assets.”

“The only thing unusual about him was that he was living in a hotel,” the lawyer said. “His house was sold in foreclosure as many people’s houses were.”

Sayoc was single with no dependents. His only asset was a 2001 Chevy Tahoe with 285,000 miles on it.

“That’s a lot of miles for a 10 year old car,” Simonson said. “That’s about 25,000 miles a year.”

His bankruptcy paperwork says had been living with his mother.

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Sayoc’s Facebook page says he graduated from North Miami Beach Senior High and lives in Miramar.

He posted a video taken in the audience at a Trump appearance on Oct. 13, 2016.

“While other lives have been destroyed for doing far less,” Trump says in one clip, referring to the allegations against Hillary Clinton.

Another shows Trump attacking the New York Times. “The emails show the reporters collaborate with the Clinton campaign on helping her with the election with their control over our government,” Trump says.

He turns the camera on himself to reveal he’s wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.

Another post shows Sayoc with scantily clad women at a bar.

“Thank you President Trump for all advice (and) strategies,” he wrote on social media.

Some of his oft-misspelled musings target the very people he is believed to have sent the suspicious packages to this week.

One of his posts, dubbed “The Shady Bunch,” shows images of the Clintons, FBI Director James Comey, Obama, Clinton aide Huma Abedin, and other lights of the Democratic party.

He shared a video excerpt of Bill Clinton’s deposition in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. The Clintons received one of those packages.

Likewise, he attacks financier George Soros’ support of Florida Democrat candidate for governor Andrew Gillum. A bomb was sent to Soros’s home in Westchester County.

He also posted anti-Muslim propaganda, including an ad for a documentary called, “Homegrown Jihad: the Terrorist Camps Around the US” by an organization called the Christian Action Network.

Another post asks: “Do you want these refugees living next door to you?”

Sayoc has been in trouble with the law at least nine times:

2015 — Busted in West Palm Beach for shoplifting at a Walmart. The complaint says he grabbed a rolling briefcase and a luggage bag worth $58 and tried to leave the store without paying.

2014 — Nabbed for shoplifting in Miami-Dade County.

2013 — Handcuffed for shoplifting and battery at a JC Penny’s in Coral Springs, Fla. Documents shows he tried to hide two black suit jackets, two pairs of slacks and a pair of blue jeans worth a total of $305 under his clothes, and leave the store. When security tried to stop him, he tried to get away and fell. He then struggled with the guards.

2009 — Arrested for a criminal traffic violation for driving without a license.

2004 — Pinched twice for possession and sale of steroids. He was sentenced to 18 months probation.

2002 — Convicted of threatening to blow up a Florida Power and Light facility in Miami-Dade County and make it, according to court documents uncovered by WFTV in Florida, “worse than Sept. 11.” He also threatened a utility company rep. He received one year probation.

1994 — Accused of domestic abuse by his spouse in a civil filing.

1992 — Collared in Miami-Dade County for shoplifting.

1991 — Convicted of grand theft. He was given two years probation and paid $1,612.

His Twitter feed is littered with attacks on undocumented immigrants, Rep. Elijah Cummings, and a host of other people and causes on the left.

“Go Republicans: Low taxes , low crime,” he writes.

He also slams Trump accuser Stormy Daniels on Twitter: “The hooker Stormy Daniels arrested for false allocations against customer. The BS book lies con job. Her lawyer uding (sic) her like puppet will leave her broke and aged.”